Corypha lecomtei Becc. ex Lecomte

Solitary tree palm, leaf-bearing part of stem 5–10 m long at flowering. Stem often covered to the base by persistent leaf bases. Leaves 20–30 in crown; petiole 4–6 m long, with a black 1–1.5 cm wide marginal band and armed with regularly arranged, densely inserted 0.5–1 cm long black teeth; blade c. 3 m across, undulate and untidy-looking, costa arching, greyish green on both sides, divided into 120–140 segments, the basal ones narrow and drooping, the remaining ones stiff. Composite flowering structure overall 5–7 m tall, triangular in outline, individual inflorescences more than 25, the lowest one up to 3 m long and held in a more or less horizontal position and curved downward, the subsequent ones gradually decreasing in size towards the stem apex. Fruit 5–7 cm diam., greenish brown, rounded to slightly ellipsoid.